Chapter 383

Fire and thunder exploded, and the forest was filled with smoke.

"What's going on?"

The leader's brows frowned slightly, and he asked in a deep voice.

And the dwarf sniffed, his face no longer having a smile, "They also have new-style firearms in their hands, it's a fire gun!"

Hearing this, the swordsman's face changed, and he immediately took out two black pills from his waist, flicked his wrist, and threw them on the ground in front.

Bang bang!

Two muffled sounds, and thick smoke rose and spread, colorful and with a pungent smell, obscuring the surrounding line of sight.

And these Three Ghosts of Wuchang also changed their positions rapidly, hiding behind nearby large trees.

They had been hiding for many years, not hiding in the wilderness, but changing their appearances and wandering in Jin Ling and other places.

They naturally knew about the changes brought about by new-style firearms, and they had set up a trap to rob a batch of new-style gunpowder.

Of course, they hadn't been hunted down by the Commandant's Office less, and had almost died under the Fire God Gun, accumulating some experience in dealing with it.

"Can't wait any longer."

Long Kan, the Longyou swordsman, said in a deep voice, "According to the previous plan, I will go and drag that Li Yan down, the rest are not worth worrying about, you two detour from the sides to sneak attack!"

Having said that, he drew his Miao saber with a clang, pressed it behind his back with his backhand, hidden energy exploded under his feet, and he rushed out suddenly.

His kung fu had reached the hidden energy realm, and he used a special footwork, his body half-bent, only using his toes to touch the ground; it looked strange, but the speed was extremely astonishing, and he kept changing directions, like a ghost.

Ordinary people couldn't aim with firearms at all.

Not only that, but while moving, he also threw out two more black pills, and the colorful thick smoke continued to spread, soon reaching outside the dilapidated temple.

Inside the Xu Shrine, Li Yan also stood up and drew his Dust-Breaking Saber, and without saying a word, rushed directly into the thick smoke.

The other party using this method was to force him to fight.

A hidden energy master, plus thick smoke to obscure the line of sight, once they rushed into the temple for close combat, Lu San and the others would fall into crisis.

And this swordsman clearly had researched Li Yan, knowing that the other party had the smell supernatural power, so he added a lot of pungent herbs to the smoke pills.

Li Yan had just rushed into the thick smoke when a strong wind came toward his face.

It was the swordsman who suddenly accelerated, used a chopping saber style, but didn't leap into the air, instead swinging it from behind his back, plus the footwork under his feet, drawing a beautiful arc, and slashed toward Li Yan's head suddenly.

The so-called Miao saber was not a weapon of the Miao people, but because the blade shape resembled a rice seedling, it was mainly used by the Imperial Guard.

Later, this saber flowed into the martial world, and because the price was expensive, plus the difficulty of use was quite high, there were not many users.

But as long as one dared to use it, they were definitely a saber technique master.

Clang!

Li Yan swung his saber to block, and sparks flew everywhere.

Feeling the strong force coming from the blade, Li Yan swept it away, swung the other party's Miao saber away, exerted force under his feet, and instead of retreating, he advanced.

His Dust-Breaking Saber was a horizontal saber, the blade shape inherited from the Han ring-head saber, commonly used in the Tang army.

Two sabers, each with its own strengths.

The Miao saber blade was longer, could stab and chop, the moves were open and close, the attack range was large, and the techniques were rich, combining both saber and spear methods.

While his Dust-Breaking Saber was shorter, the blade was straight and sharp, suitable for chopping and stabbing, as long as he moved forward two steps, it was the best distance.

In blade fighting and killing, distance is the most important.

Between these two steps, the situation of attack and defense would reverse.

Who knew, the swordsman actually retreated three steps, and at the same time leaped backward, holding the saber with his right hand, pressing the blade with his left hand, and stabbing downward.

Like an eagle striking, the tip of the saber stabbed directly at Li Yan's brow.

Clang!

Li Yan blocked it again, swung a saber flower, and said, "Miao saber retreat step, eagle strike style, this was created by Wang Zhongsi of the Longyou Army back then, I didn't expect to see it again today."

Wang Zhongsi was raised in the palace back then, was good at using the Miao saber, and after entering the Longyou Army, he improved the saber technique based on actual combat.

This saber technique had only been heard of before, Li Yan couldn't help but be happy to see the hunt.

"Too much nonsense!"

Long Kan, the Longyou swordsman, gave a cold snort, suddenly turned his body to the side, held the saber with both hands, stepped on the chain steps, the blade was like a short spear, swoosh swoosh swoosh, stabbing violently like a rainstorm.

This move exerted the strengths of the Miao saber, like a saber and like a spear, directly opening the distance, forcing Li Yan to retreat repeatedly.

Li Yan frowned, dealt with it carefully, the horizontal saber swayed left and right, just swinging the other party's saber tip away, looking for an opportunity to break the situation.

His saber technique couldn't compare to his fist technique, but it was also carefully honed, however, the person before him clearly had a better saber technique than him.

Similarly, Long Kan was also shocked in his heart.

He had specially bought Li Yan's intelligence, knowing that the other party's fist technique and supernatural techniques were sharp, but he didn't expect the saber technique to be not weak either.

Two ultimate moves didn't take him down, and he also used smoke pills to obscure the line of sight, I'm afraid he couldn't take the other party down for a while.

However, he also saw the trick.

Li Yan was just swinging his saber to block, and looking for an opportunity to fight with the saber, clearly wanting to use his hand to hone his saber technique.

The kid who doesn't know life from death!

Long Kan was a bit annoyed, but a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Life-and-death fighting, yet not using full strength, clearly didn't put him in his eyes; this kid's reputation was not small, but he was a fledgling!

As long as his two companions broke into the dilapidated temple and killed Wang Daoxuan and the others, this kid would inevitably be in a state of mental confusion, and that would be the opportunity.

Thinking of this, Long Kan also calmed down.

The Miao saber techniques were rich, and he even deliberately played some tricks, deliberately dragging Li Yan here.

On the other side, the Corpse Granny and the dwarf Huang Jilang had also approached the dilapidated temple.

Only to see the Corpse Granny take out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, and after opening it, inside was a foul-smelling corpse oil.

She drank it in one gulp, and pitch-black blood vessels immediately bulged from under her skin, and her eyes also became pitch black, her entire body filled with corpse qi.

Speaking of which, this Corpse Granny was also a bitter person.

She was originally from the corpse-driving lineage of Xiangxi, later converted to Fomen, and learned the Buddhist Vajra secret technique, originally wanting to stay away from the red dust and end her remaining years, but never expected that her entire family would be wiped out due to martial world feuds.

In order to take revenge, she used the corpse-refining secret technique to forcibly cultivate the Buddhist Vajra secret technique, although she killed her enemies with her own hands, her temperament changed greatly, and she stepped into the evil path.

After drinking the corpse oil, her whole body became stiff like a zombie, and with a shrill roar, she leaped several times and rushed directly toward the dilapidated temple.

She knew that the people inside had firearms, so she didn't enter from the main gate, but hugged her head and crashed through the temple wall with a rumble.

Just as she entered, a whistling sound came toward her face.

Seeing a giant axe fall, the Corpse Granny roared, pressed her palms together, and tried to clamp the axe blade.

Her strength was now astonishing, and snatching a blade with her hands was easy.

But while clamping the axe blade, her face changed greatly.

The one wielding the axe was Wu Ba, whose strength was far superior to hers now, and without any obstruction, it continued to fall.

The Corpse Granny gritted her teeth and roared, hurriedly tilting her head to the side.

Pfft!

The axe chopped directly onto her shoulder blade, and relying on her strength and zombie-like hard body, she finally blocked it.

But immediately, the Corpse Granny felt even more uncomfortable.

This axe looked pitted and bumpy, just scrap metal, but it was a Dharma artifact of the Renxiao tribe, naturally containing gang evil, which could break evil qi.

Chopping on her body was simply like a hot iron burning the skin.

Whoosh~

The Corpse Granny's chest and abdomen bulged, and she was about to blow out poisonous corpse mist.

At the same time, the dwarf Huang Jilang also crawled out from behind her and suddenly threw out a wooden puppet.

Accompanied by giggling sounds, it rushed rapidly toward Wang Daoxuan.

In their eyes, this Daoist was the biggest threat, and they specifically sent Wu Ba to protect him, so close combat definitely wouldn't work.

Swish!

Just then, a white shadow flashed, it was the little white fox Chuji, who pressed the wooden puppet down like a ghost and tore it into pieces directly.

The dwarf Huang Jilang's body swayed, and he touched a flying dart from his waist.

Bang!

The gunshot exploded, and the upper half of the Corpse Granny's body disappeared completely.

There's an ambush!

The dwarf Huang Jilang was startled and hurriedly looked up.

Only then did he discover that there was a man squatting on the roof. It was Sha Lifei who had set up the ambush.

He carried the Six Ding Six Jia Talismans snatched from Xiong Baodong, which could avoid the invasion of supernatural techniques, and the modified Fire God Gun was wrapped in that strange cassock, so the supernatural power couldn't detect it at all.

This shot directly smashed the Corpse Granny to pieces.

The dwarf Huang Jilang, who usually relied on hiding behind the Corpse Granny and the swordsman to sneak attack people, felt fear in his heart upon seeing this and wanted to retreat.

But just then, Wang Daoxuan picked up the puppet fragments on the ground, pinched the Dharma formula, and shook the Soul-Suppressing Bell lightly.

Ling ling ling!

The bell sound vibrated, but it roared in the dwarf's brain.

His body swayed, and before he could react, he was grabbed by the head by Wu Ba's big hand, lifted up, and slapped against the wall.

Slap!

Instantly, his head exploded, and blood and brain matter smeared the wall.

Seeing this, Sha Lifei immediately shouted, "Oh my, you big guy, just throw him out, why make it such a mess, how are we supposed to sleep tonight?"

"Go to hell!"

Wu Ba smiled, and reached out to wipe the wall.

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The others also shook their heads and smiled, not taking it to heart.

In the thick fog outside the temple, the swordsman Long Kan's face changed drastically.

He could feel that in a short time, two companions had already died.

Didn't the intelligence say that there were no experts around Li Yan?

He secretly thought it was bad, and suddenly chanted, "Om A Zhi Na, Zhi Ga, Om, Hum..."

This is the heart mantra of Vairocana Buddha.

Vairocana Buddha is also called "Lochana Buddha", and is also "Vairocana", symbolizing the light shining everywhere; the heart mantra can cultivate the heart and drive away demons, and can also attack the soul.

However, compared to saber technique, his supernatural technique was just average.

"Esoteric Dharma?"

Li Yan was not affected at all, his brows frowned slightly, he completely lost interest, gripped the saber handle, and his mind flowed.

Zzz!

On the blade, electric light flashed instantly.

This was the yin thunder stored by the Dust-Breaking Saber's Twelve Yuan Chen treasure coins.

Yin thunder shook the soul, Long Kan's body stiffened, and he felt dizzy.

Before he could react, Li Yan moved forward rapidly, turned his body, the saber light flashed, and the huge head fell to the ground.

"Such good saber technique, what a pity..."

Li Yan shook his head slightly, picked up the Miao saber to check, and searched the other party's body.

He naturally knew the arrangements of these assassins.

Outsiders might think that this team relied entirely on him, but Li Yan had absolute trust in his companions.

Lu San could control birds and beasts, Wu Ba was like a prehistoric barbarian, Wang Daoxuan, besides various miscellaneous arts, was also very proficient in curse methods.

Even Sha Lifei was now considered a firearm expert.

Every person in the team had grown up long ago, but they were covered by his radiance; if they went to other places, they were all experts who could stand alone.

If they cooperated with each other, even he would have a headache.

Whoosh~

Inside the Xu Shrine, Wang Daoxuan used the Dharma altar to burn the yellow talisman and recited the Cleansing Curse, instantly the wind whistled and blew the smoke away.

And Li Yan also took some things from the swordsman's body.

Besides a few poisonous pills for smoke, there was also a small black Buddha statue and two letters.

The Buddha statue was Vairocana Buddha, which should be his inheritance, forged from bronze, Tibetan style, faintly smelling of ghee and incense, and was directly broken by Li Yan with one saber strike.

He took the two letters and entered the dilapidated temple.

Inside the dilapidated temple, Sha Lifei and the others were also cleaning the battlefield.

From the Corpse Granny, they searched out a book, written "Corpse Sutra", and from the dwarf's basket, they found some bamboo tubes, all filled with new-style gunpowder.

Li Yan opened the two letters and checked them one by one.

One of the letters was written by the Heavenly Saint Sect to Long Kan, meaning for him to come and kill Li Yan and the others; after success, not only would there be a generous reward, but they could also go to the Tang Ya Tusi City grotto-heaven to build a building.

And the other one was from the Snow Region.

This swordsman had indeed learned the Esoteric Dharma and was also a protector of a certain temple; the letter said that on the Great Snow Mountain, the demon sealed by King Gesar had escaped, asking him to find time to go back and protect the temple...

Li Yan took a look and handed the two letters to Gong Xun.

After Gong Xun finished reading, he said in a deep voice, "Since the appearance of new-style firearms, some forces have secretly collected them, and like these lone wolves running solo, they often sneak attack and rob the imperial court's cargo teams."

"Also, since the beginning of the year, His Majesty has ordered the restriction of the Mystic Sect; anyone entering a grotto-heaven or blessed land must show their Daoist certificate."

"This is a unified plan of the Mystic Sect; if anyone dares to violate it, they will have their responsibility for managing the grotto-heaven and blessed land revoked, forcing these monsters and evil cultivators to look around randomly."

"Some of them defecting to the Tusi City is also for this reason."

Sha Lifei shook his head, "Isn't this forcing them to rebel?"

"There is no compromise on this matter."

Li Yan said in a deep voice, "These people rely on supernatural techniques to do evil everywhere, and they deserve to die. If we relax, only more people will be harmed; it's better to let them gather and eradicate them all at once."

As he spoke, he looked at Lu San, "Brother Lu, did you ask anything?"

Lu San shook his head, "That macaque was only temporarily summoned, muddled, and couldn't ask anything, but it definitely wasn't the three people in front of us."

Li Yan looked outside the temple, narrowed his eyes, and said, "It seems someone has been following us, and they can also control birds and beasts."

"Perhaps, it's that Qin Zhihai from Tusi City."

"Brother Yan, what should we do?"

"The other party uses birds and beasts to monitor, so it's not easy to find them. Since that's the case, let's play with them. When we were in Guanzhong, someone also issued a bounty."

"If we kill enough of them, no one will dare to take this job again!"

A few days later, in a mountain forest near Baokang County.

"August 11th, the Three Ghosts of Wuchang failed, and together with the bandits of the nearby Black Bear Stronghold, none survived..."

"August 12th, the corpse of the Xiangxi Gu master Lan Yuansang was discovered, only the head remained, placed on a stone..."

"August 13th, those people suddenly turned back, set up an ambush, and used some secret technique to kill an entire team of Longxiang Army that was pursuing them; everyone had their souls snatched, suspected of summoning Yin Si troops..."

"The news has already spread, and many greenwood experts have backed out and left Nanzhang County in a hurry."

"Right now, the reputation of those people has become increasingly loud..."

"Enough!"

A one-eyed man dressed in blue had an ugly face.

Beside him stood a black-clothed, white-haired old man, who was the Protector Wang who had sneaked into Wuchang to make trouble before.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, don't waste your effort."

Protector Wang shook his head, "This old man knows you want to avenge Princess Yuner, but if you want to kill them, ordinary greenwood experts are useless, unless a 'Ascender' takes action."

The one-eyed man said coldly, "What about Huang Liushi? Those people have ruined our plans repeatedly; could it be that the Ghost Sect's kill order is just farting?"

Protector Wang smiled slightly, "Huang Liushi is presiding over the resurrection of the Sect Leader; when the time comes, he will take action personally to pinch these little things to death."

"On our side, we must also hurry up, don't miss the big event!"

As he spoke, he looked at the opposite side and said, "Is it enough just to dig this waterway?"

Only to see on the opposite hillside, countless soldiers were busy, digging a trench, one side leading to the mist-shrouded Shennongjia, and the other side leading to Baokang County.

The one-eyed man looked at the sky, "That trapped flood dragon just lacks this waterway; once a thunderstorm comes, it can follow the trend and rush down, flooding Baokang County and connecting the Ju River!"

Second update in the afternoon

(End of chapter)